Kirie eleison

[1] Langentibus in purgatorio,
qui purgatur ardore nimio
dum torquentur sine remedio,
subveniat tua compacio.

[2] Clavis David qui celos aperis,
bone Ihesu sucure miseris,
qui tormentis torquentur asperis,
educ eos de domo carseris.

[3] Lex justorum, norma credencium,
vera salus in te sperancium,
pro defunctis sit tibi studium
assidue orare filium.

[4] Ad te, pia, suspirant mortui,
cupientes de penis erui
et adesse tuo conspectui
et gaudiis eternis perfrui.

[5] O fons patens, que culpas abluis,
manum tuam extende mortuis,
omnes sanas et nullum respuis,
qui sub penis languent continuis.

[6] In tremendo dei judicio,
quando fiet stricta discusio,
tunc etiam suplica filio,
ut eis sit cum sanctis porsio.

[7] Dies illa, dies terribilis,
dies mala intollerabilis,
sed tu, mater, semper amabilis,
fac sit nobis judex placabilis.

[8] Benedicta per tua merita,
te rogamus, mortuos visita
et dimitens eorum debita
in requiem sit eis semita.

Lord have mercy.

To those languishing in Purgatory,
who are purged by the great fire,
as they are tortured without respite,
let your compassion come.

Good Lord Jesus, who opens the heavens
with the keys of David, succour the wretched
who are tortured with bitter torments.
Lead them out of the house of imprisonment.

Law of the just, Rule unto the Faithful,
True Salvation of those who hope in you,
let it be your care unceasingly
to pray to your son for the dead.

To you, Holy One, the dead are sighing,
longing for release from their pain,
to come before your face
and to delight in eternal bliss.

O clear fountain that washes away sins,
stretch out your hand to the dead.
You purify all and reject none
who languish in incessant pain.

In the fearful court of God,
when that great division is made,
then, too, implore your Son
that their lot be among the holy.

That day, that awesome day,
that evil and unbearable day –
but oh, Mother always kind,
make the Judge look mercifully upon us.

We pray you, blessed in your goodness:
help the dead,
forgiving them their trespasses,
and guide their path to rest.